The Resume

(March 29, 1918-April 5, 1992)
Founder of Wal-Mart and SAMS Club
Opened his first Wal-Mart discount store in Rogers, Ark (1962)

Why he might be annoying:

He's so into himself that he named his stores Wal-Mart (Walton) and SAMS (Sam).
He was publicly unheard of until Forbes published his 39% ownership in Wal-Mart stock making him the richest man in the world (1985).
He preferred pickup trucks over limos.
He drove mom-and-pop stores out of business.

Why he might not be annoying:

He brought discount pricing to small towns in America.
He was the wealthiest man in America (1985).
He was the CEO of the country's biggest retailer (passed Sears in 1991).
He may have been the first corporate owner to computerize inventory management (1966).
Wal-Mart's computer database has a capacity only surpassed by that of the Pentagon's.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Alta Cockers
• Beta Theta Pi
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [March] (Ranked: 3291918)
• Celebrities who Served in World War II [1939-45]
• Forbes' 20 Most Influential Businessmen of All Time [2006] (Ranked: 5)
• Forbes Richest Person of the Year (Ranked: 1991)
• Forbes Richest Person of the Year (Ranked: 1992)
• Forbes Richest Person of the Year (Ranked: 1993)
• Forbes Richest Person of the Year (Ranked: 1994)
• Forbes Richest Person of the Year (Ranked: 1995)
• Forbes Richest Person of the Year (Ranked: 1996)
• Greatest Americans [Discovery Channel, 2005] (Ranked: 78)
• Horatio Alger Association Members
• I am an Okie
• I Died in 1992 (Ranked: 74)
• I was a Boy Scout
• I'm a Billionaire
• Look at Me, I'm in the City
• My Voting was Temporarily Suspended on Am I Annoying Due to Vote Abuse
• Phil Hartman Impersonations
• Profiles 3001-3250 (Ranked: 3090)
• Time Magazine's 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century [1998]
• U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
• Walmart Models
• Warehouse Clubs
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19920405)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 22 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 21 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 12 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 23 Votes: 34.78% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 158 Votes: 51.90% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 27 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 37 Votes: 59.46% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 40 Votes: 67.50% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 65 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 125 Votes: 76.00% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 390 Votes: 71.03% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 934 Votes: 54.28% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 2170 Votes: 70.41% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 711 Votes: 65.12% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1920 Votes: 62.55% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 127 Votes: 69.29% Annoying